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Stern Nun
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A character type of stern, usually elderly nun, who acts as a Stern Teacher at a Catholic school (possibly even a Sadist Teacher at a Boarding School of Horrors variety) but may (or may not) be looked back upon with some affection. A Discredited Trope nowadays, since a good many teachers at Catholic schools are now laypeople — not to mention that after about The '70s or so, any teachers beating students would not go over well with parents or administrators, whether those teachers have taken vows or not — but at one time occasionally Truth in Television. The strictness that was their hallmark was partly due to the nuns applying the same standards to their students that nuns were expected to hold themselves to, and also partly because Catholic schools both then and now were occasionally used as reform schools for problem children. See also Stern Teacher and Nuns Are Spooky. The nun in question may or may not be a Child Hater. |
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The Mother Superior in Bless Me Father. | |
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In the third series of Cluedo, the murder victim Sister Concepta is very much this, talking down to everybody in the Grange. | |
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The Simpsons: Bart's teacher is one of these when he goes to Catholic school in the episode "The Father, The Son, and the Holy Guest Star". In "Gone Maggie Gone", Lisa goes undercover at a monastery searching for Maggie, the place being run by a sardonic Mother Superior who enjoys making insulting riddles. |
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In the musical remake of Sister Act, reverend mother once again takes up this role. | |
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Firefly: The Sting: The nuns are frowning sternly from the moment they appear. | |
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This trope played a part in the origin of Alpha Flight's Aurora / Jeanne-Marie Beaubier. The not-so-fond memories kind. | |
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Time Squad Before being adopted (kidnapped) by Tuddrussel and Larry, Otto lived in an orphanage which was run by a particularly harsh nun. | |
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Sister Dominick from The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Who knew that nuns could be so sarcastic? Despite this, Sister Dominick does have a sense of humor and encourages positivity. At times, she’ll even dispense wisdom and philosophy in a loose manner. However, she doesn’t hold back in dealing with those who display negative or envious behavior towards others. | |
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Sister Claire: Sister Marguerite is very harsh, especially towards Claire. Later it turns out she was under an affliction which made her bad-tempered. When it's lifted, she is pleasant. | |
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Sin City: Marv named his gun Gladys after the toughest nun he had in school. He feels it has almost lived up to the name. | |
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Ronald-Ann had one of these in her Catholic school in Berkeley Breathed's Bloom County sequel Outland. | |
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Sister Steven in 9 Chickweed Lane. | |
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Dee from Fake was raised in an Orphanage of Love by one of these. He even calls her "Penguin" out of affection (and to rile her up), and encourages the other kids to do so as well. | |
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Father Ted: The only thing in the world that can scare Father Jack Hackett is a no-nonsense old-school nun. | |
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Sister Michael of Derry Girls is a snarky, no-nonsense nun and the head of a girls' school. | |
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The Penguin from The Blues Brothers. She whacks both Jake and Elwood with her ruler for swearing. | |
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Although they were nurses, not teachers, the nuns at the hospital in Angela's Ashes fit the trope perfectly. | |
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Aquaman: The Widowhood are an order of nuns whose husbands and sons were killed defending Atlantis. They are a potent political force, advise the king and have to give consent to his chosen queen. Think of them as the Bene Gesserit without the false humility. | |
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Mother Mary Menglele from the 2012 film adaptation of The Three Stooges. | |
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Rosalind Russel's character in The Trouble with Angels was one of these character types. (But a lot nicer than most. She's firm, because you have to be with adolescents or they'll walk right over you, but never mean.) | |
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